Got a call last night from my friend, Justin who's currently back on holidays from studying law in London,. He bumped into Jayrius at Pioneer Station, the second most western stop on the East West Line of Singapore's MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) Network. Having heard that I was planning to go to the UK to "pak tor" (his exact words - hokkien slang for "to go on a date") called to tell me about the fantastic promo fares that this particular airline of our neighbour's. Where seats for a flight from SIN-KL-LON costs only S$800 plus all inclusive, I was just only able to check it out now having been out for almost the whole of last night. Alas, everything was sold out.We are now eagerly awaiting the reply within the next 7-10 days from a HUGE airline. Let's hope it's a "We are happy to offer....." reply instead of "We regret to inform you" reply. That would be a piece of real good news ain't it?
I just had another thought yesterday, if an airline is committed to flying X number of flights a week to a destination, in this current economic situation, wouldn't there be more empty seats than usual? And what real cost is there? An empty seat could stay empty, or it could be a marketing opportunity for them at near zero additional cost. I wonder how these big management people really think sometimes, perhaps there are also other factors that's holding them back. If the industry is booming and everyone is traveling then, yes, there is indeed an actual opportunity cost to giving up a seat, but if you are flying with empty seats.... I'm just puzzled. =)
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